ICG Director Basic V S Pathania shared the roadmap after he commissioned Kamla Devi, the final within the sequence of 5 quick patrol vessels
Kolkata: The Indian Coast Guard (ICG), which is able to have fun its forty seventh Elevating Day on February 1, is eying to succeed in its goal of getting a fleet of 200-plus warships by 2028.
ICG Director Basic V S Pathania shared the roadmap after he commissioned Kamla Devi, the final within the sequence of 5 quick patrol vessels (FPV) constructed by defence PSU Backyard Attain Shipbuilders & Engineers for the ICG.
Mr Pathania stated on Thursday, “Efforts are persevering with. The method of approvals and ship development are time consuming itself. A minimal time required for a ship development is 36 months after the signing of a contract. So give us one other about 5 years and you’ll find the Coast Guard, the way in which we’re rising, with 200+ ships.”
Sharing the current power of the ICG fleet, he elaborated, “We’re a 158-ship robust drive now. With the addition of Kamla Devi, the variety of FPVs will itself be nearer to 50. The variety of the larger ones, that are 115-meter-long, is 27 in our stock. The opposite workhorses, that are the quick interceptor boats, have 67.”
Mr Pathania added, “Within the instances to come back, we’re going to add two air pollution management vessels, particularly meant for mitigating any oil spill amongst others. It is timeline is 36 months from right this moment. The keel has additionally been laid. We even have approval from the federal government for six offshore patrol vessels, that are 115-120-meter-long and 14 FPVs, that are within the class of Kamla Devi. Altogether the determine will probably be near 180 warships in one other two years.”
